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Major Nikon

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30. It doesn't seem to matter to many that the science based argument for labeling is non-existent
Thu Dec 10, 2015, 09:41 AM
Dec 2015

When you press them for a reason why they want labeling, it's inevitably winds up being "because I want it" or "other countries already do it". When there are exactly zero people who have died or even sickened by anything that is directly attributable to GMO after decades of use, there simply is no rational argument for it.

If you really want to hear the sound of crickets, just mention mutation breeding. If the anti-GMO crowd were genuinely afraid of GMO, they would be scared shitless of mutation breeding, yet surprisingly (or unsurprisingly) there's zero effort to label it. Some products produced by mutation breeding are even labeled organic because they are fully eligible to be certified under the NOP, while GMO is not. Very telling that. When you find out about things like that you realize the "organic" label is really nothing more than a marketing term which is now fully under the control of moneyed interests and the effort to label GMO is really nothing more than the attempt at using the power of government to grab market share for those moneyed interests. Science, reason, and the public interest has exactly zero to do with it.

Maybe you didn't notice. Your list is of toxic bacteria. Mika Dec 2015 #1
Since the bacteria comes from fertilzer for the most part Eko Dec 2015 #2
Use of Roundup has dramaticalliy increased since resistant GMO plants introduced n/t eridani Dec 2015 #3
Funny, Eko Dec 2015 #4
hmm... killbotfactory Dec 2015 #6
Whatever, Eko Dec 2015 #9
The link you posted in the OP doesn't say if anything was GMO or not killbotfactory Dec 2015 #11
Show me a food where it killed someone Eko Dec 2015 #13
Don't you even -suspect- that gmo and non-gmo foods share some risks? HereSince1628 Dec 2015 #29
because it was GMO AlbertCat Dec 2015 #40
And since we dont have GMO meat we can immediately discount half then. Eko Dec 2015 #24
Wrong eridani Dec 2015 #8
"superweeds" and hard-to-kill insects Ghost Dog Dec 2015 #21
Any pesticide creates that, Eko Dec 2015 #22
Not only. Ghost Dog Dec 2015 #32
But whatever, lets get back to the point. Eko Dec 2015 #5
Im even good with Eko Dec 2015 #7
improper handling of anything causes foodbourne illness. killbotfactory Dec 2015 #10
Whatever, Eko Dec 2015 #12
I don't think GMO is dangerous in that way. killbotfactory Dec 2015 #15
Cool, Eko Dec 2015 #17
Let's just label everything with "can kill you" while we are at it. nt killbotfactory Dec 2015 #19
Seeing as how there have been no reported deaths from GMO's Eko Dec 2015 #20
I can show actual deaths from non GMO food Eko Dec 2015 #14
I'm with Tulsi nationalize the fed Dec 2015 #16
Refer to post 14. Eko Dec 2015 #18
I'll go with a scientist nationalize the fed Dec 2015 #25
So, not a single instance of GMO's killing someone Eko Dec 2015 #23
Countries that require GMO's be labeled. Backward countries all... MattSh Dec 2015 #26
That's because they are all anti-science stupid stupidheads. GoneFishin Dec 2015 #27
Lower grade school logic Person 2713 Dec 2015 #28
It doesn't seem to matter to many that the science based argument for labeling is non-existent Major Nikon Dec 2015 #30
Your statements do not logically 'add up'. Ghost Dog Dec 2015 #33
Perhaps, but you certainly haven't made a case for that Major Nikon Dec 2015 #36
Yes, because people want to make the informed choice, a rational motivation Ghost Dog Dec 2015 #38
The FDA doesn't regulate the food and drug supply based on political want Major Nikon Dec 2015 #41
Good, then, I agree. Ghost Dog Dec 2015 #42
Unless you won the Nobel Prize for biotechnology, you aren't persuasive here. closeupready Dec 2015 #35
I really feel no need to persuade anyone who never made a persuasive argument to begin with Major Nikon Dec 2015 #37
Oh FFS... Javaman Dec 2015 #31
I understand that the TPP has a section in it that will allow jwirr Dec 2015 #34
Fine with me. Label both and let the people decide what they wish to buy. EndElectoral Dec 2015 #39
How about a label with the amount of pesticide residue as confirmed by an independent lab? GreatGazoo Dec 2015 #43
Why is agribusiness afraid of labeling such benevolent food? Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2015 #44
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